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History
Japan
Name	Nagara
Namesake	Nagara River
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard
Cost	Approx. 46 to 47 billion yen
Laid down	6 July 2023
Launched	19 December 2024
Commissioned	March 2026
Identification	Pennant number: FFM-10
Status	Fitting out
General characteristics
Class and type	Mogami-class frigate
Displacement	3,900 t (3,800 long tons; 4,300 short tons) (standard); 5,500 t (5,400 long tons; 6,100 short tons) (full load);
Length	132.5 m (434 ft 9 in)
Beam	16.3 m (53 ft 6 in)
Draft	9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	CODAG; 1 × Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine; 2 × MAN Diesel V28/33DD STC engine; 2 × shafts;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 × RHIB, UUV, USV
Crew	90-100
Sensors and ; processing systems	OPY-2 (X-band multi-purpose AESA radar); OAX-3(EO/IR); OQQ-25 (VDS + TASS); OQQ-11 (Mine-hunting sonar); OYQ-1 (Combat management system); OYX-1-29 (Console display system);
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	NOLQ-3E (Passive radar system + Electronic attack capability is integrated into the main radar antenna), Chaff dispenser
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm) Mk-45 Mod 4 naval gun ; 2 × missile canisters for a total of 8 Type 17 anti-ship missiles; 1 × SeaRAM; Type 12 torpedoes; Simplified mine laying equipment; 2 × Mk-41 VLS (16 cells total); Naval version of Type 03 Chū-SAM; 2 × Remote weapon station;

Nagara (ながら) is a frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the tenth ship of the Mogami-class. She is named after the Nagara River,^[1]^[2]^[3] becoming the second ship to bear this name, after the Imperial Japanese Navy's Nagara-class cruiser Nagara, as well as the first in the JMSDF era.

History

Nagara was ordered by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as part of the JMSDF's 2022 Mid-Term Defense Program, and was laid down at MHI's Nagasaki Shipyard on 6 July 2024. After being christened and launched on 19 December 2024,^[2] Nagara will undergo a period of being fitted out and sea trials before her commissioning in March 2026.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ 防衛省海上自衛隊 [@JMSDF_PAO] (2024-12-19). "もがみ型護衛艦10番艦命名「ながら」" [The 10th Mogami-class destroyer is named "Nagara"] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-19 – via Twitter.^{[better source needed]}
^ ^a ^b Takahashi, Kosuke. "海上自衛隊の最新鋭もがみ型護衛艦10番艦「ながら」進水艦名は長良川に由来（高橋浩祐） - エキスパート" [The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's latest Mogami-class destroyer, the 10th ship, "Nagara," is launched. The ship's name comes from the Nagara River]. Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
^ "防衛省向け3,900トン型護衛艦「ながら」の命名・進水式を長崎で実施" [Naming and launching ceremony for the Ministry of Defense's 3,900-ton escort ship "Nagara" held in Nagasaki]. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (in Japanese). 19 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.

External links

[1] 防衛省海上自衛隊 [@JMSDF_PAO] (2024-12-19). "もがみ型護衛艦10番艦命名「ながら」" [The 10th Mogami-class destroyer is named "Nagara"] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-19 – via Twitter.^{[better source needed]}

[:0-2] Takahashi, Kosuke. "海上自衛隊の最新鋭もがみ型護衛艦10番艦「ながら」進水艦名は長良川に由来（高橋浩祐） - エキスパート" [The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's latest Mogami-class destroyer, the 10th ship, "Nagara," is launched. The ship's name comes from the Nagara River]. Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-19.

[3] "防衛省向け3,900トン型護衛艦「ながら」の命名・進水式を長崎で実施" [Naming and launching ceremony for the Ministry of Defense's 3,900-ton escort ship "Nagara" held in Nagasaki]. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (in Japanese). 19 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.

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v t e Mogami-class frigates
Mogami Kumano Noshiro Mikuma Yahagi Agano Niyodo Yūbetsu Natori Nagara
Preceded by: Abukuma class Followed by: New FFM [ja]
List of frigates of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force